Double-Check Your Tickets

A $10,000-winning Hot Lotto® ticket that was purchased nearly a year ago at a Sioux City convenience store is still unclaimed, and the deadline for the winner(s) to come forward is later this month!

The $10,000-winning ticket was sold at Maggie’s Mini Mart, 1203 Tri View Ave. in Sioux City, for the Hot Lotto drawing on March 21, 2009. It came close to winning the jackpot that night, matching the first five numbers but missing the Hot Ball® to win a $10,000 prize. The winning numbers were: 2-10-11-14-28 and Hot Ball 1.

The prize will expire if it’s not claimed by 4 p.m. on Monday, March 22, at an Iowa Lottery office!  

In fiscal year 2009, lotto prizes totaling about $1.3 million were left unclaimed in Iowa. That money goes into prize pools for future lottery games, so it will be used to pay prizes, just not the specific prize that’s expired.

In addition to the Sioux City prize, here are some other big unclaimed prizes in Iowa that will expire in the next couple months if the winner(s) doesn’t come forward.

Pick 4

Prize Drawing	Amount Won	Retailer	Expiration
Dec. 20, 2009	$3,125	Eddy's, Council Bluffs	March 22, 2010
Dec. 28, 2009	$3,250	Express Lane, Davenport	March 29, 2010

Powerball

Prize Drawing	Amount Won	Retailer	Expiration
May 9, 2009	$200,000	Eddy's, Council Bluffs	May 10, 2010

Iowa Lottery players have up to 365 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes in Hot Lotto, Powerball® and Mega Millions®. Players have up to 90 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes in Iowa’s $100,000 Cash Game and the Iowa Lottery’s Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. If the expiration date falls on a weekend or holiday when the lottery’s offices are closed, the winner has until the close of business on the next business day to turn in the ticket.

The moral of this story is: Double-check your tickets!